Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night.
ANTHONY BOURDAINDon’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport – would never do it and don’t like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it’s fine.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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